ACTIONS
Some common synonyms of actions are deeds, activities,
movements, operations, maneuvers, performances, accomplishments and achievements.
They are the results of one’s ideas, thoughts, aims,
ambitions, desires, aspirations, dreams, intentions, goals, targets and plans.
A simple antonym of action is
inactivity which is undesirable. Our body and mind must perform their actions
if we do not want to become sick and consequently die.
Actions are also qualitative. Good actions
are virtuous; the bad ones are vicious. The former maintain and promote life;
the latter, spoil and destroy it.
Religiously, too, actions are
significant. They have both good and bad results. Heaven is awarded to morally sound
people; and those who do evil deeds are confined to hell.
A man, according to a proverb, is
judged by his actions, not by his words. Another proverb says—actions speak louder than
words.
The Greek philosopher Sophocles (c.496- 406/405 BCE) says: Heaven
never helps the man who will not act.
Religiously, a man’s fate is the consequence of his healthy
or unhealthy actions.
The British statesman Benjamin Disraeli (1804 – 1881)
believed: Action may not always bring happiness ; but there is no happiness
without action.
Look at the following everlasting thoughts on action:
(i).The actions of men are the best interpreters of their
thoughts. --- English philosopher John Locke (1632-1704).
(ii).To do an evil act is base. To do a good one without
incurring danger, is common enough. But
it is the part of a good man to do great and noble deeds though he risks
everything in doing them.---Greek philosopher and historian Plutarch (Born
about 45 CE –Died around 120 CE).
(iii).We must be doing something to be
happy. –Action is no less necessary to us than thought. ---English essayist
William Hazlitt (1778-1830).
To conclude, a quote by the English
poet William Wordsworth (1770-1850) : Thought and theory must precede all
salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory.
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G.R.Kanwal
1st April 2025
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